Cigarette holder



Feb. 21, 1933. N B slMcoX 1,898,220

CIGARETTE HOLDER I Filed Feb. 12', 1932 INVENTOR BY An? ATTORNEY 45 normally Patented Feb. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE) i MILAN BEETRAND SIMCOX, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR T0 ADOLIPH -G 'BEMMELS, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA- CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed February 12, 1932. Serial No. 592,549.

This invention-relates to holders used to carry cigarettes while the same are in the act of being smoked, one object of invention being to provide a device of this kind in which the cigarette after being inserted is securely held until ejected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose which may be placed upon an article of furniture such 1; as a table, dresser or chair arm without danger of the burning end of the cigarette coming into contact with the said article and damaging the same.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device in which, if a ciga ette be left burning and forgotten will burn up to a certain point and then become automatically extinguished.

With these and certain other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter first fully described in the following specification and later more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, refer ence also being had to the drawings forming part hereof, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the difierent views, and in which 3' Fig. l is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is an edge or end View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the device substantially upon the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a bottom plan view of the body of the device.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the vertically movable member or ring bolt through the upper end of which the cigarette is inserted.

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the nut which is secured to the lower end of the ring bolt to act as a push button to move the same.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the spring which exerts its pressure to maintain the ring bolt in lowered position and the cigarette securely in the ring.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken through the push button on the plane of the line 88 in Fig.

6. The body 9 of the device may be formed of any suitably light material such as light weight metal, glass, casein, or other materials of an uninfiammable nature andit may be suitably colored.

The body is shaped to form abase 10 0f suflicient area to avoid any danger of accidental overturning when placed upon an article of furniture such as a table, dresser or chair arm, and it maybe tapered upwardly from he base as shown to reduce weight and to adapt it to be conveniently grasped by the fingers of the user.

A groove 11 crosses the upper extremity 12 of the body and an aperture or bore 13 pierces the same vertically and centrally the said aperture opening into a cylindrical chamber 14 in the lower portion of the body which in turn opens into a larger cylindrical chamber 15 extending through the bottom of the base '10 of the body.

A bolt or rod 16 shaped to form a ring or loop 17 on the upper end thereof normally resting in the groove 11, extends down through the aperture 13 andis provided on its lower end with screw threads 18 to engage the threads 19 in the centrally located opening 20 in a nut 21 slidably disposed in the chamber 15 andhaving its underside .normally flush with the under side ,of the base-1O of the body. 80.

coiled spring 22disposed in the chamber 14 encircles the bolt or rod 16, one end of the said spring engaging the upper wall 23 of the chamber and the other end engaging the upper face of the nut 21, the spring thus operating to maintain the rod 16 normally in depressed position with the under side of the ring in the groove 11in the extremity 12 of the body and the under side 24 of the nut 21 flush with the under side of the base 10.

The nut 21 acts as a push button for vertical movement of the rod16.

In operation, when it is desired to make use of the device the button or nut 21 is pressed up into the chamber 15against the 95 upper wall 24 thereof, the rod 16 partaking of the movement and operating to raise the ring 17 in the groove 11 sufliciently to allow a cigarette-to be passed therethrough,*when, pressure being removed from the button 21, 100

the ring, due to the action of the spring 22 again descends in the groove 11 and the cigarette is firmly held in the ring against the shoulders 2525 of the groove 11.

It should here be explained that the depth of the space between the wall 24 and the upper surface of the nut 21 in the chamber 15 determines the extent of the vertical movement allowed the rod 16, and that such allowance is just sufficient to permit of the full opening through the ring 17 appearing above the shoulders 2525 of the groove 11 but not the thickness of the metal, so that the shoulders 2525 act to prevent rotation of the rod 16 when it is in raised position.

.It will now be'noted, that as distinguished from the operation of other forms of cigarette holders, the smoke in the present device passes directly from the cigarette to the mouth of the smoker and the flavor of the tobacco is unimpaired by contact with any foreign substance.

It will further be noted that with the present device the fingers of the smoker come only into contact with the holder and not with the cigarette, so that the danger of stained fingers and burned gloves is avoided. Having'thus =fully-described my said invcniton, what I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a cigarette holder having a body formed with a depression in one end, a ring yieldingly maintained with'aportion of its area in the depression, and means'to partially remove the ring from the depression to permit of the insertion of a cigarette in said ring.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cigarette holder having a body formed with a groove crossing one end thereof, a ring yield ingly disposed in the groove with the sides of said groove encroaching upon the opening through said ring, and means-to elevate the ring in the groove to permit of the insertion of a cigarette in said ring.

3. As an article of manufacture, a cigaretteholderhaving a body formed with an elongated depression in one end and an enlarged base at the opposite end, a member slidably and yieldingly disposed in said body, a ring formed on one end of said member and a push button on the opposite end thereof whereby said member may be operated to partially remove the ring from the depression 4. As an article of manufacture, a cigaretteholder having a body formed with a depression in one end and a base, a chamber in the base, a passage through the body communicating with the depression and chamber, a member slidably disposed in the passage, a ring on one end of said member seated in the depression and a push button on the other end of'said member in the chamber, contact of said button with the wall of the chamber preventing the entire removal of the ring from the depression when the button is pressed.

5. As an article of manufacture, a cigarette holder having a body formed with a depression in one end and an enlarged base, a chamber opening out of the bottom of the base, a second chamber of less diameter above and opening into the first chamber, an aperture communicating with the depression and the second chamber, a rod slidably disposed in the aperture, a ring on the rod seated in the depression, a push button on the opposite end of the rod in the first chamber, a spring in the second chamber operatively arranged to maintain the rod normally in depressed :position, contact of said button With the-wall of the first chamber serving to prevent entlre removal of the ring from the depression when the push button is pressed.

6. A device of the kind described comprising a body formed with a depression in one side, a holder shaped to form a ring normally seated in the depression, manually operated means to elevate the holder in the depression to permit of the insertion of a cigarette in the ring, and a spring operatively arranged to return the holder to normal position.

MILAN BERTRAND SIMCOX. 

